Reborn Millennial Gamer

Chapter 230 A Half Step Faster, A Savior

New York, Time Warner Center.

"Where is Lu now?"

Roger took a cup of Starbucks and walked quickly into the building.

"He's taking pictures." The secretary followed closely.

The two of them got out of the elevator, went straight to the studio, and saw a handsome and young Huaxia face in front of them.

He was wearing a suit jacket and sea blue jeans, half business and half casual, looking nondescript, but very pleasing to the eye.

"Crack."

With the sound of the SLR, the flash flickered.

Lu Fei stood in front of the black curtain, motionless.

The lights on the left and right brackets were on, and the staff stood at the designated position with reflectors in their hands.

"Ok!"

The photographer gestured and announced that it was done.

Lu Fei thanked him politely, and when he took the coat from Zhang Tianmei, he noticed two strange figures in the busy crowd from the corner of his eyes.

"President Lu, this is the president of Warner Music."

Li Kaifu introduced the two parties so that they could get to know each other.

"Lu, I heard that you are the first Internet entrepreneur in China to be selected by "Time", congratulations!"

Roger smiled and congratulated on being selected as "Asian Heroes". The Asian edition of the weekly magazine selected 25 living Asian heroes, including business leaders and sports stars, with the theme of "Heroes".

Lu Huateng, Lu Yun, Li Yanhong and others are not there, and only Lu Fei is on the Internet, who is impressively listed.

He remained modest, as if everything was bearish, "Eames, thank you for making a special trip from California."

"Hopefully it was worth the time and airfare I paid."

Roger rubbed his hands together, and asked a question: "Lu, Li said you can solve our biggest problem now, do you know what it is?"

Lu Fei shrugged, "Of course, digital music piracy is not only a dilemma for you, Warner, but also the entire recording industry, isn't it?"

"Yeah~"

Roger looked at it seriously and asked urgently for a solution.

Lu Fei was not in a hurry, and proposed to go to the reserved private meeting room. On the way, he took out the lmusic1 and let him play with it. He taught him and asked about his experience at the same time.

"Wow, awesome."

Roger rubbed the turntable, surprised that it was on par with the iPod, "Is this the latest product from Microsoft?"

Lu Fei said nonchalantly, "No, this is the mp3 launched by my company. Microsoft and we have reached a financial and technical cooperation."

Roger couldn't help being astonished, and asked: "What does this have to do with solving piracy?"

Lu Fei smiled and said nothing, and brought the suspense to the meeting room, but only Roger was allowed to enter, and Warner's and Microsoft's people were all blocked outside.

"Sau Rui, this is a commercial secret."

Wang Pu was being controlled like a door god, and Li Kaifu felt like tickling in his heart. I took off my pants, and what happened?
Suddenly, the phone rang, the number was Ballmer's, and he said, "Lee, how are you talking? How's Spotify?"

Li Kaifu was stunned: "Spotify?"

...............

"Spotify?"

At the same time confused, including Roger.

Watching Zhang Tianmei turn on the laptop, connect it to lmusic with a data cable, and in the next second, a pure black style player pops up.

"This is a music software developed by our logic, and it will be jointly operated with Microsoft technically in the future."

Lu Fei slowly revealed the functions, playback mode, menu series, recording anti-theft...

Roger interrupted with disappointment: "Lu, what you said, Jobs' iTunes also has it, but it still can't solve the piracy."

"Does he have a music store?" Lu Fei raised his lips.

"what?"

Luo Jie had never heard of this novel vocabulary, and he was puzzled, so he heard Zhang Tianmei's simultaneous interpretation——

"This is the answer of logic. The Internet product combining software and hardware is exclusively for logic mp3 users to download music. All songs in the music library will be protected by digital copyright technology.

"Ah, Ke Ruizei (crazy), Lu, you actually want those prostitutes to spend money on songs?"

Roger seemed to hear the most whimsical joke of the century.

"Is there something wrong?" Lu Fei smiled.

Roger said with disgust: "People who are used to free lunches will no longer pay for lunches."

"No, no, Eames, based on my experience in managing e-commerce, you are wrong. You think everyone is a thief."

Lu Fei had a smile on his face. When it comes to cracking down on pirated and counterfeit goods, China is not as easy as the United States. Feigou.com relies on a series of activities such as "2% off high-quality books" and "[-] yuan promotion for DVDs" to cultivate the habit of paying at low prices. Don't buy pirated copies, buy genuine ones.

"The same goes for digital music. It's not that they don't want to pay. As long as the price is low, like buying vinyl records, tapes and CDs, they will always buy them online. They just lack a legal platform. Spotify is this platform!"

"How does Spotify operate digital music and protect copyright interests?"

Roger's face became serious, and he felt that it was reasonable. The man in front of him was in charge of the world's third largest shopping website, second only to Amazon and eBay, so he couldn't help but believe it.

"Warner must license digital music to Spotify, and the scope of copyright can be limited to the entire United States."

Lu Fei didn't tell the whole plan, he had some reservations.

However, the amount of information is still huge. A series of product concepts that were commonplace in the previous life, such as "not changing the price of a single with an album" and "music blogger community", have been properly reduced in size 20 years ago.

Roger listened to his analysis clearly and logically, and the balance in his heart had turned to support, "How much is the price of a song?"

Lu Fei said, "99 cents."

"Ah Yo Keruizei?"

Roger shook his head frantically, "It's worth a McDonald's hamburger, and it's the cheapest!"

"Yes, for the price of a hamburger, users can enjoy a delicious music feast."

Lu Fei bent down and put his face in front of Roger.

"If Spotify wants to become an online McDonald's, there are only occasional free lunches in the world, but there is no permanent free lunch. 99 cents can not only stop losses, but also cultivate the habit of paying for genuine products."

Roger swallowed, and it sounded like a devil was whispering in his ears, the devil was calling, hooking out his greedy desires.

Lu Fei smiled and said, "Eames, why are you hesitating?"

Roger pondered for a while, then forced himself to calm down and said, "Lu, aren't you worried that I'll steal these ideas?"

"Not at all, professional people are responsible for professional things, just like logic is good at technology, and record companies specialize in music. The technical talents you outsource, just like we recruit music producers, can only find second-rate,
Lu Fei straightened his back, "Haven't you had enough of your second-rate programmers?"

Roger couldn't help but call out the expert, lost in thought.

half a minute, a minute...

In the past 2 minutes, Lu Fei stopped waiting and reported Warner's debt financial data for the three quarters.

"Eames, do you think there is a possibility that Warner will package and sell some assets in order to reduce the group's debts, such as Warner Music, after all, the record industry is so depressed now..."

What are you insinuating?
Roger's heart twitched when he was hit, and he raised his head suddenly, "No, no, no, we are fine, and we are actively exploring overseas markets, especially your country, Huaxia."

Lu Fei continued on his own: "Spotify has Microsoft's investment, so human, financial and material resources are not a problem. It's just that there is one missing senior talent like you who has a wide network in the music industry and knows how to manage."

This is to poach me?
Roger's heart was pounding, vile outlander, you're right!
I just accept you as a dog!
Lu Fei met his eyes and cut straight to the point: "Eames, if you agree to cooperate, I will also ask you to help me, invite the presidents of EMI, BMG, and Universal, meet and greet, call, whatever, you want to cooperate with me Convince them to agree to the authorization as well."

Roger's heart beat faster, wouldn't he be sitting on the copyright of the four major music giants, if he became the president of Spotify...

The picture is so beautiful, I can hardly imagine it!
He struggled and said, "I have to go back and think about it before I can answer you."

Lu Fei agreed with all his mouth, but set a deadline of 3 days, and after chatting about the general cooperation framework, he sent him out of the meeting room with a smile.

Li Kaifu, Kurokawa Ochi and others ran over in a hurry, chattering, but there was only one question——

"Did the conversation go well?"

"I'm already thinking about how to convince Universal and them."

Lu Fei lit a cigarette, puffed out the clouds leisurely, his face was full of confidence.

As long as Spotify isn't as stupid as a record label, they can't say no.

…………

In just two days, under the aura of Microsoft and Master Lu's kindness and power, Warner Music Group "succumbed" and agreed.

Roger was willing to be the leading party, and widely distributed hero posts, inviting Universal, BMG, and EMI.

Meanwhile, UC San Francisco Medical Center.

Jobs was lying on the hospital bed with a haggard face, grinning from the pain and sweating profusely.

"You'd better be hospitalized right away. We have advanced equipment that can crush kidney stones outside the body, and it won't take long to pass them out."

The doctor next to him flicked the syringe, asked the nurse to help him up, and stuck a shot of pethidine in his butt to relieve the pain.

"In the future, what I lack most now is time."

Jobs stood up weakly and continued to clean up the mess.

Before leaving the hospital, let the assistant go to the vending machine to buy water, put money in coins, and click the button. This set of operations made him whim——

What if itunes was made into a music vending machine?

The inspiration suddenly appeared, just like the big bang of the universe. Ideas kept popping up in the brain, which was infinitely close to the itunes store.

The assistant handed over the mineral water and asked doubtfully, "Sir?"

"Call Morris."

In an orderly tone, Jobs immediately wanted to talk to Universal CEO Doug Morris, but it was his secretary who answered——

Morris received an offer from Warner Music and was on a flight to Seattle.

"Warner Music is in California, why did Morris go to Seattle?"

Jobs couldn't help being alert and asked for the specific address.

"Redmond." Morris' secretary said truthfully.

Isn't that Microsoft's territory!
Jobs touched the stubble of his chin, and suddenly felt a dull pain in his lower back, and an ominous premonition swept through his body, which became stronger and stronger.

　Thank you for my mediocre appearance and big 100 starting coins.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)